Among Late-Night Writers, Few Women In The Room
11/12/09
NY Times: Very few women make it inside the writing rooms for late-night television hosts.

Trading Women’s Rights for Political Power
11/12/09
NY Times: To secure passage of health care legislation in the House, the party chose a course that risks the well-being of millions of women for generations to come.

More Girls In India Are Refusing To Become Child Brides.
11/13/09
LA Times: Despite a 2006 law banning the age-old practice, most parents in rural India still want to marry off their daughters before the legal age of 18.

Dunn Leaves White House Communications Post
11/10/09
NY Times: Anita Dunn, the White House communications director who has tangled very publicly with Fox News, is leaving the White House at the end of the month.

GOP Chairman Ends Abortion Insurance For Employees
11/13/09
AP: A chagrined GOP Chairman Michael Steele has told Republican National Committee staff to immediately stop providing RNC employees with insurance for elective abortions.

Illegal Immigration May Be A Rift Issue
11/11/09
NY Times: The legislation the House passed on Saturday by a narrow margin also sets up a looming confrontation with the Senate over the extent to which illegal immigrants should have access to public resources.

Whose Team Is It, Anyway?
11/11/09
The Nation: Women Democrats have taken an awful lot of hits for the team lately.

In Washington, It’s Reigning Women
11/13/09
NBC: Female leadership takes hold on both sides of the aisle.

At Fort Hood, Witness Credits Second Officer
11/12/09
NY Times: Sgt. Kimberly D. Munley has been applauded as a hero across the nation for shooting down Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan during the bloody rampage at Fort Hood.

What White Women Want, Surprisingly The GOP
11/13/09
Real Clear Politics: In Virginia, the Republican gubernatorial candidate won women. And in blue New Jersey, the Republican lost women but won white women by 18 percentage points.

Survey Finds Deep Shift In The Makeup Of Unions
11/10/09
NY Times: A study has found that just one in 10 union members is in manufacturing, while women account for more than 45 percent of the unionized work force.

Women Struggle To Make It As Leaders, Says The White House Project
11/13/09
ABC: Women occupy only 18 percent of top leadership roles in 10 sectors of work force.

Female Hotel Workers Injured More Than Men, Study Shows
11/10/09
NY Times: Women are 50 percent more likely to be injured than men, and Hispanic women have an injury rate two-thirds higher than their white female counterparts.

In Downturn’s Wake, Women Hold Half of U.S. Jobs
11/12/09
Wall Street Journal: Households that could afford to have one spouse stay home find roles upended by layoffs in male-dominated industries.

Progress – And Gaps – In Women’s Health
11/13/09
UN Dispatch: The United Nations Population Fund is calling attention to the economic benefit of supporting family planning and the rights of women.

NA Passes Law Against Harassment Of Women At Workplace
11/5/09
Daily Times: In Pakistan, the National Assembly unanimously passed legislation on Wednesday against insults to a woman’s modesty and sexual harassment at any public or private workplace.

Botswana: Safari Lodges Use Local Women As Sex Slaves
11/12/09
All Africa: A report by international trade unions has revealed that some Batswana women are forced to provide sexual services to tourists at some safari lodges.

HIV/AIDS Remains A Problem In Women’s Health
11/12/09
AIDS Beacon: HIV is the leading cause of death and disease in women during their reproductive years.

Women Who Want A Baby Later Are Freezing Their Eggs Now
11/13/09
ABC: Doctors see a growing trend of single women in their 30s freezing their eggs.

Breast-Feed The Baby, Love The Calorie Burn
11/11/09
NY Times: That breast-feeding gives mothers an edge shedding baby weight has long been suspected.

Lift And Separate
11/16/09
The New Yorker: Why is feminism still so divisive?

For All The Wrong Reasons, Women’s Soccer Is Noticed
11/10/09
NY Times: The sport has gained viral attention as the violent play of a University of New Mexico defender has become an ignominious sensation on television, the Internet and talk radio.